我有一个Comment类,Post类中的 :foreign_key 是 post_id。
class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :post, :class_name => "Post", :foreign_key => "post_id", :counter_cache => true
belongs_to :author, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => "author_id"
end
但是我的CreateComments迁移没有定义数据库级别的外键:
class CreateComments < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table :comments do |t|
t.column "post_id", :integer, :default => 0, :null => false
t.column "author", :string, :default => "", :limit => 25, :null => false
t.column "author_email", :string, :default => "", :limit => 50, :null => false
t.column "content", :text, :null => false
t.column "status", :string, :default => "", :limit => 25, :null => false
t.timestamps
end
end
def self.down
drop_table :comments
end
end
相反,post_id只是一个简单的整数列。
因此,似乎这个外键关系只存在于Rails的思想中,而不是在数据库层面上存在。
这是正确的吗?
另外,对于相应的Post模型是否需要使用:foreign_key属性声明其与Comments的相互外键关系,还是可以省略?
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
set_table_name("blog_posts")
belongs_to :author, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => 'author_id'
has_many :comments, :class_name => "Comment",
:foreign_key => 'post_id', :order => "created_at desc", :dependent => :destroy
has_many :categorizations
has_many :categories, :through => :categorizations
named_scope :recent, :order => "created_at desc", :limit => 5
end